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Vadakin	May 31 2009, 05:06 AM
Battle Angel Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #2,070 Joined: April 3, 2008	I've said it before. Don't "cgi" it. Don't "Sin City" it. Do it for real. I'm sure people will point to DBE as a reason not to do it real but that was down to bad film making on the part of those involved. Lord of the Rings was shot for real and look how that turned out. Set the movie in a not too distant future, a more utopian society for the most part. So when the likes of Vegeta and Nappa come, the Earth is completey unprepared for it. Get rid of talking animals and dinosaurs, break the story down in to it's most basic parts, do the same with the characters then work from there. As for how I'd shoot it. Well I'd use high speed cameras for some of the fights to really capture the speed of the action. I'd shoot as much on location as possible with the flying stuff obviously being done on greenscreen. I'd actually try to avoid using digital stunt doubles if I can...there would be some places where they are needed but for the most part I'd want to have the real actors in the scene. Ki blasts would be like in the anime/manga, a more solid-looking beam or ball of energy (depending on the attack), the fighting itself would take advantage of the 3d nature of flight in that, if these guys defy gravity, then up doesn't always have to be up for them. they could fight upside down, or sideways, lead with fists, with feet, whatever works. The most important thing with the fights is the speed and intensity. In terms of locations, as I've said before, some adapting would need to be done. The look out would go from a floating island in the sky to a temple hidden in the mountains, Snake Way would become an endless desert etc. Costume wise...well I have Goku hair. If I let my hair grow and don't use gel or anything, it gets wild and sticks out everywhere. I don't think you need to get the exact pattern of Goku's hair in the manga, just make it look wild, as if he's been living away from civilisation all his life, which he has. I'd definitely have the orange gi. The one good thing DBE did was show that the gi can be done. As for tone...there would definitely be humor there but it wouldn't be lower than PG-13 so you can probably guess.


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